diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index 457e070bca46..a27c9c13a36e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ module_param_array(probe_vf, byte, &probe_vfs_argc, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(probe_vf, "number of vfs to probe by pf driver (num_vfs > 0)\n"
 			   "probe_vf=port1,port2,port1+2");
 
-int mlx4_log_num_mgm_entry_size = MLX4_DEFAULT_MGM_LOG_ENTRY_SIZE;
+static int mlx4_log_num_mgm_entry_size = MLX4_DEFAULT_MGM_LOG_ENTRY_SIZE;
 module_param_named(log_num_mgm_entry_size,
 			mlx4_log_num_mgm_entry_size, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(log_num_mgm_entry_size, "log mgm size, that defines the num"
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h
index 6ea2b7a0c34d..30616cd0140d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ do {									\
 #define mlx4_warn(mdev, format, ...)					\
 	dev_warn(&(mdev)->persist->pdev->dev, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
-extern int mlx4_log_num_mgm_entry_size;
 extern int log_mtts_per_seg;
 extern int mlx4_internal_err_reset;